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The Sign of the Twisted Candles (Nancy Drew #9)
A reproduction of the first edition of THE SIGN OF THE TWISTED CANDLE, as it was originally published in 1933. For readers who met Nancy Drew before 1959, this is the book they remember.
Hardcover, 192 pages
Published
December 1st 1959
by Grosset & Dunlap
(first published 1933)
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Nancy, Bess, and George don't think they're driving into another mystery when they go to the rural inn, the Twisted Candle, to check on an elderly relative of Bess and George. But it's Nancy Drew, so of course they find that the wealthy old man is a near prisoner in his own house, and not only are the people he hired to run the inn and the restaurant robbing him blind, his feuding relatives are frothing at the mouth for him to die so they can get their hands on his money. Nancy's father steps in...more
Nancy is at it again - solving crimes, making friends and saving the day - or in this case another orphan. Orphans play a big role in the series. But this time, Nancy has to solve the mystery without the help of her trusty side-kicks - Bess and George. They're mad at her for interferring. The case revolves around an old man and his will - of which Bess and George are named. In the end - the orphan finds family members, the will is no longer contested and the bad guys and girls are in jail.
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I decided recently to read (and re-read) the Nancy Drew series. These books are a lot of fun, as well as being historically and culturally interesting. This one was written by Walter Karig, a military captain, which adds to its interest. His other (non-Nancy Drew) books are very rare now and it makes #8-10 of the series, written by him, mor interesting.
Nancy's independence, her confidence, and assertiveness are very interesting to me - and I wonder how related they are to social/cultural changes...more
Nancy's independence, her confidence, and assertiveness are very interesting to me - and I wonder how related they are to social/cultural changes...more
This book was good, I enjoyed reading about the mystery that Nancy has to solve. Even though this is a realistic fiction book about a mystery it still has a theme. Carolyn Keene throughout the book still teaches you an important life lesson. A lesson that many people in the world still need to learn, money isn't everything. Many peope throughout the book focus their life on money.
So many characters in the book just want Asa Sidney's fortune. They would do anything to get some of his money. Whe...more
So many characters in the book just want Asa Sidney's fortune. They would do anything to get some of his money. Whe...more
Nancy is back, stronger than her last effort and being the Nancy we all know and love. In this mystery, Nancy helps to expose some unscrupulous caretakers who are essentially keeping an old man locked in the tower of his successful Inn in order to take over his fortune. Fortunately, Nancy's friends, Bess and George are related to him and the girls quickly uncover the dirty deeds that were done dirt cheap. But, not without a rift in their friendship when Bess and George's family wants in on the i...more
The Sign of the Twisted Candles is another favorite Nancy Drew mystery of mine. The book is about Nancy meeting a young girl who is a foster (I feel so bad for this girl) named Sadie Semitt and says that she has been abandoned from her parents when she was very little. Nancy is determined to find out who her parents are and why they abandoned her. In order to find out this mystery Nancy must go through and learn how rough Sadie`s family who adopted her currently is. Along the way Nancy meets a m...more
I should be embarrassed to add this to my "read" books, but I just finished it and wanted to record it in Goodreads. Wanting something light and fun to read, I selected it from our bookroom, and enjoyed every minute reading it...again. The last time I read it was a looooong time ago. Today the language is rather stilted, but the action moves right along. Why the old man wanted to keep Sadie's heritage a secret is not revealed. That part of the book was nonsensical to me, but then again, it is a...more
During a storm, Nancy, Bess and George seek shelter at an old tea room. While there, they meet a one hundred year old man named Asa Sidney, as well as an orphaned girl and her dishonest guardians. This launches Nancy into the middle of an old family feud between Asa Sidney's relatives and the relatives of his deceased wife, who happens to have been the sister of Bess and George's great-grandfather.
Nancy's involvement in the feud ultimately costs her her friendship with Bess and George. Nancy ha...more
Nancy's involvement in the feud ultimately costs her her friendship with Bess and George. Nancy ha...more
The mystery in this book is a little different from Nancy's usual... here she starts off with a seemingly simple mystery in hand — is Asa Sidney, a relative of George and Bess, being taken care of in his inn (another inn? seriously??) as he is supposed to be? Of course, he isn't, and soon some of his other relatives are after him for his oodles of money.
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To call this book a "mystery" is a bit generous, since we very clearly know by the second chapter who the bad guys are and what bad business they are up to. The only real mystery is how the adults in the book can be so incompetent, including police officers who regularly disregard the fourth amendment (You mean this young girl thinks there's something fishy going on in that house? We better break in and investigate!!). Any dime-a-dozen trial lawyer could have the case thrown out, except the bad...more
Kelsey and I have read this book. It's pretty cool to enjoy books right along with Kelsey. "The Secret of the Old Clock" is the only one of the Nancy Drew mysteries that I had when I was younger. Kelsey and I are now reading #13 - The Mystery of the Ivory Charm. If you like mystery, if you have a young reader you want to encourage...I highly recommend these for some together time that's well worth it. Good to the last page! :-)
I have to call this a favorite.... this was the book that started my obsession with reading.
My parents bribed me into reading by telling me I could have $1 for every Nancy Drew book I finished. The Sign of the Twisted Candles was the first one I finished and I LOVED it. I loved it enough to keep going without remembering to get the $$ from the parents.
I've been a bookworm ever since. :)
My parents bribed me into reading by telling me I could have $1 for every Nancy Drew book I finished. The Sign of the Twisted Candles was the first one I finished and I LOVED it. I loved it enough to keep going without remembering to get the $$ from the parents.
I've been a bookworm ever since. :)
While I loved these books as a child, now I found it hard to read. It didn't have the same magic, and I didn't really enjoy it. I'd recommend it to any child, but if you're an "grown-up" looking to recapture some magic from your childhood, this is one I'd skip. I can see myself reading this with my own children one day in the far distant future, but until then, I think I'll leave Nancy on the shelf.
May 21, 2012
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This book was about a very old man who was wealthy. His family had a feud between them because problems that had occurred and that feud was leading to them arguing about who got the inheritance after the man died. Through all of this Nancy learned that the man was being mistreated by the people running his inn and that they were stealing from him. This book just kept me guessing!!
i liked this book i really felt bad though for the girl.
its about a foster girl named sadie and she lives with foster parents and they are really cruel to her and they are always yelling at her and she gets very scared of them. she really cares about her.i wont ruin it for you guys so read it it has a good ending.
its about a foster girl named sadie and she lives with foster parents and they are really cruel to her and they are always yelling at her and she gets very scared of them. she really cares about her.i wont ruin it for you guys so read it it has a good ending.
Jul 11, 2009
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This book was one of my favorite books in the whole world. It was the story of an old man who had just turned one hundred years old and gave nancy drew and her friends a mission. He was a very rich man and had hidden things in the hotel he lived at. These were valuable things, But his evil nephues wanted them
It took us over a month of reading a few pages a night and we finally finished it. I almost give it three stars since it kept us hanging on, but since it was almost torturous and I suggested giving it up, it has to drop to two. The twist was good, but not such a twist.
This is the legendary Nancy Drew Mystery Story where she has a falling out with Bess and George over an estranged relative and they BRIEFLY STOP SPEAKING. Obviously, this is a shocking landmark moment in the history of Nancy Drew.
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This book was good! At first I had trouble getting in to it but after I got into it it was good. At parts it was a little scary and gave me the creeps but over all I really enjoyed it I would recommend this book to 11 year olds and up.
One of my all time favorite Nancy Drew books. At the time I was about 10 and I found this to be one of the more suspensful books in the series. When I think back to my childhood readings, this book always pops into my mind.
one of the best nancy drews ive ever read. very intruging and captivating. i would definitley say it is a must read for all nancy drew/mystery lovers. i was baffeled and on the edge of my seat the whole way. AMAZING
I read all the Nancy Drew books (and the Hardy Boys) when I was a child, but I will admit that I have read them all again as an adult (a few years ago). The stories are old fashioned, but that's why I like them so much.
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I thought the book was good! There were some parts which I kind of didn't understand and I tried to read the words slowly but just couldn't get through it. But I didn't finish it though and I think it was Ok!
This one is for Alice, my granddaughter, 9 years old. It comes highly recommended and, since I was an avid Nancy Drew fan in my younger years, I thought I'd make a brief return visit! --- As enjoyable as I remember! Brought back memories of reading Nancy when I was a girl!
The writing was rather simplistic, but I imagine the original target audience was much younger than I. This was my first Nancy Drew adventure, and I'm impressed that such a smart, feisty, and independent teen girl was written 80 years ago.
Aug 14, 2012
Nona
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who likes Nancy Drew!
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mmeee...
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good, I started this quite a while back, but was trying to read four books at a time, and only got to chapter three. :( this time, though, I am already at chapter eleven.
Not quite as good as some of the others or maybe I've just read too many too close together. Still great relief from the other things I have to read in life!
Not too bad of a Nancy Drew novel. It was probably in my top 25 books of this series. No real special things that made me immersed in it.
very good, and sort of creepy too!Carolyne Keene
Read these as a child/teen, so I'm rating most of them a 3 merely based on the fact that I enjoyed them then. :)
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Carolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.
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